ICE vs JLL vs CME Stock Comparison

Intercontinental Exchange, Jones Lang Lasalle and Cme Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
JLL Jones Lang Lasalle Inc
$300.19 -7.3% 1M -5.1% 1Y
Market cap
$13.88B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$27.43B
Div. yield
–
Commercial Real Estate Services Real Estate
4 wins
CME Cme Group Inc.
$305.71 +12.9% 1M +13.7% 1Y
Market cap
$110.23B
P/E
25.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.97B
Div. yield
–
Exchanges Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cme leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Cme 7, Jones Lang Lasalle 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICEJLLCMELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $90.16B $13.88B $110.23B CME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.3x 13.9x 25.0x JLL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.7x 12.5x 26.2x JLL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.9% +11.2% +9.0% JLL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.1% 3.6% 63.3% CME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.5% 10.6% 11.7% CME
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 0.9x 0.2x CME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +3.3% -5.1% +13.7% CME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.3%/yr +2.7%/yr +7.0%/yr CME
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.6% 36.0% 25.0% CME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 70/100 62/100 JLL

Percentile Scorecard

ICEJLLCME

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisICEJLLCME
Valuation 64 #36 of 97 94 #2 of 18 42 #57 of 97
Growth 53 #33 of 69 87 #3 of 16 29 #49 of 69
Profitability 84 #12 of 70 87 #3 of 16 93 #6 of 70
Financial Health 37 #64 of 101 56 #8 of 17 54 #47 of 101
Shareholder Returns 49 #21 of 40 29 #6 of 8 90 #5 of 40
Overall 57 70 62
  • ICE ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • JLL ranked among 19 companies in Real Estate Services
  • CME ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodICEJLLCMESPY
1 month +4.0%-7.3%+12.9% -1.0%
3 months +11.6%-7.7%+19.7% +2.9%
6 months +2.7%-11.3%+7.2% +6.4%
Year to date +0.4%-10.8%+11.9% +11.4%
1 year +3.3%-5.1%+13.7% +13.1%
3 years +52.1%+140.1%+42.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +15.0%+33.9%+12.6% +21.5%
5 years +23.6%+14.1%+40.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.3%+2.7%+7.0% +10.9%
10 years +205.4%+194.1%+193.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +11.8%+11.4%+11.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureICEJLLCMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.6%36.0%25.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.3%37.8%26.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.180.95-0.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.13-0.140.55 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.1%-55.5%-33.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.1%-23.6%-6.4% -2.5%
52-week high $175.10$392.79$326.46 $779.14
52-week low $122.91$280.16$218.58 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleICEJLLCME
P/E now vs peer median 22.7xmedian 29.4x 13.9xmedian 20.5x 24.8xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 2.8x 0.5xmedian 0.7x 15.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 12.8x 9.4xmedian 9.9x 22.7xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.0xmedian 15.9x 12.3xmedian 12.3x 25.2xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.5x 1.8xmedian 1.8x 4.1xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.68median 0.51 0.28median 0.50 1.81median 0.51

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsICEJLLCME
Revenue $13.43B $27.43B $6.97B
Operating income $5.47B $1.28B $4.58B
Net income $4.10B $997.90M $4.42B
Free cash flow $5.08B $1.12B $4.33B
EPS (diluted) $7.13 $21.29 $12.31
Cash & equivalents $1.07B $458.20M $2.20B
Total debt $78.89B $8.26B $13.69B
Shares (diluted) 566.00M 46.93M 358.64M
Enterprise value $83.90B $11.96B $98.57B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricICEJLLCME
P/E 22.7x 13.9x 24.8x
P/FCF 18.0x 12.3x 25.2x
P/Operating cash flow 16.6x 10.1x 24.7x
P/S 6.8x 0.5x 15.7x
P/B 3.1x 1.8x 4.1x
P/Tangible book 6.2x 2.0x 4.5x
EV/EBITDA 15.6x 9.4x 22.7x
EV/EBIT 20.0x 12.0x 24.1x
EV/Revenue 8.1x 0.6x 15.8x
EV/FCF 21.5x 13.6x 25.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.8x 11.2x 24.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.68 0.28 1.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICEJLLCME
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.9% 11.2% 9.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 10.1% 9.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.4% 38.9% 10.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.9% 26.9% 12.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 34.1% 76.7% 17.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.1% 47.6% 13.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 36.6% 82.5% 19.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 49.4% 13.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.1% 80.6% 6.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 73.7% 9.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 13.9% 99.7% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 176.7% 9.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICEJLLCME
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 52.3% 5.9% 69.8%
Operating margin 40.7% 4.7% 65.7%
Pretax margin 39.7% 4.5% 82.8%
Net margin 30.1% 3.6% 63.3%
FCF margin 37.8% 4.1% 62.1%
Operating cash flow margin 41.1% 5.0% 63.5%
Return on equity 13.9% 13.3% 16.6%
Return on assets 2.3% 5.6% 2.3%
Return on invested capital 8.5% 10.6% 11.7%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 11.9% 12.3%
Asset turnover 0.1x 1.6x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.4x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% – 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICEJLLCME
Debt / assets 11.4% 11.0% 1.8%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.3x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 0.9x 0.2x
Debt / FCF 3.9x 1.7x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 83.0% 56.5% 86.2%
Equity / assets 17.0% 43.5% 13.8%
Interest coverage 6.8x – 26.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.1x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.0x 0.4x 0.0x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 0.75 3.31 0.57

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICEJLLCME
Dividend yield 1.3% – 3.3%
Net buyback yield 2.2% 4.1% –
Shareholder yield 3.4% 4.1% 3.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 27.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 22.5% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.3% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusICEJLLCME
Forward P/E 18.7xFY2026 12.5xFY2026 26.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.68FY2026 $24.04FY2026 $11.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.9%FY2026 +27.9%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.0% +10.9% +18.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.53BFY2026 $30.90BFY2026 $7.23BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +18.3%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.1% +3.5% +6.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICEJLLCME
Held by institutions 92.5% 93.2% 88.9%
Institutions holding 1,651 661 1,691
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +0.2% +0.4%
Institutions buying 734 317 822
Institutions selling 694 264 655
Buyers to sellers 1.06 1.20 1.25

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ICEJLLCME
ICE 1.00 0.47 0.51
JLL 0.47 1.00 0.05
CME 0.51 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICE, JLL and CME?

Cme (CME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) $90.16B, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) $13.88B, Cme (CME) $110.23B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICE, JLL and CME?

Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 22.3x, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 13.9x, Cme (CME) 25.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) is cheapest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 18.7x, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 12.5x, Cme (CME) 26.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +6.9%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +11.2%, Cme (CME) +9.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cme (CME) has the highest net margin (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 30.1%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 3.6%, Cme (CME) 63.3%). On return on invested capital, Cme (CME) leads (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 8.5%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 10.6%, Cme (CME) 11.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cme (CME) returned the most: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +3.3%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) -5.1%, Cme (CME) +13.7%. Over five years, Cme (CME) compounded fastest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) +4.3%/yr, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) +2.7%/yr, Cme (CME) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 0.01%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 0.00%, Cme (CME) 0.00%. Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) and Cme (CME) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cme (CME) has been the steadiest (Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 25.6%, Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) 36.0%, Cme (CME) 25.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICE, JLL and CME?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cme (CME) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.